Randy Bryce says he 'repealed Paul Ryan'. Now he wants to replace him
The army veteran and ironworker took one giant step forward to Washington after Paul Ryan announced he won’t seek re-election in Congress
Randy Bryce doesn’t look like your typical congressman. But this week the thick-set ironworker with an inky black mustache that gave him his “Iron Stache” nickname took one giant step towards Washington.
Bryce, a 53-year-old army veteran, is running for Wisconsin’s first congressional district, the seat held by the House speaker, Paul Ryan, since he first won office in 1998. While Bryce was polling well, and his campaign out-raised Ryan’s by $1.75m in the first three months of 2018, his run looked sure to face fierce competition from the well-heeled Republican candidate who has the backing of the rightwing billionaire Koch brothers.
But on Wednesday Ryan announced he was out – the latest high-profile Republican to head for the exit in the Trump administration. “We just repealed Paul Ryan,” Bryce wrote on Twitter shortly after the news broke. “Now it’s time to replace him.”
Bruce said: “We pushed him out. One thing I have never accused Paul Ryan of being is stupid. It’s obvious we have been able to build something incredible the likes of which he has never experienced in his 20 years in politics. The fight is out of him.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/12/randy-bryce-paul-ryan-wisconsin-first-congressional-district
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